Carrie Underwood has been wowing audiences and blowing us away since she was crowned the season 4 champ of American Idol in 2005.
In the 12 years since, Carrie met and married her now-husband, Mike Fisher, gave birth to her sweet son, Isaiah, and still manages to have the greatest legs in all the land.
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Things haven’t always been smooth for the beautiful couple, given that their professions—Carrie, a country music icon, and Mike, a hockey player in the NHL—force them to live on crazy travel schedules.
Of course, when your marriage is deeply rooted Jesus Christ, He will always see you through.
In 2011, after just over a year of trying to navigate marriage and busy schedules, Mike’s general manager for the Ottawa Senators, Bryan Murray, called a meeting with him. It was his 11th season with the team, and the meeting had Mike concerned that he may be traded.
Bryan confirmed Mike’s worries—he was being traded—but the GM knew something that Mike didn’t.
“We’re so fortunate to play a game for a living, and you always know you can be moved, but it’s pretty jarring to have your entire life and your entire family change in a split second,” Mike wrote in a recent blog post by The Players’ Tribune. “I was pretty crushed.”
But what he didn’t know is that Bryan wasn’t interested in trading him because of his performance or ability to play his game well. Bryan had arranged for Mike to be traded to the Nashville Predators, in hopes that the newlyweds may be able to find some normalcy in their schedules by having the same “home base.”
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The trade was obviously difficult for Mike, who had to say goodbye to the teammates who’d turned into family, but it was also an exciting new chapter, which would allow him to be close to his wife.